The Gombe state government says 18 patients have refused to
undergo treatment at its isolation centres.
Idris Mohammed, chairman of the state’s task force on
COVID-19, disclosed the development to journalists, on Monday.
Some COVID-19 patients had staged a protest at the Federal
Teaching Hospital in the state, destroying equipment in their ward. The patients,
who were under quarantine, were said to have complained of ill treatment.
While the protest at the hospital was
going on, some COVID-19 patients at Kwadon isolation centre in Yamaltu Deba
local government area of Gombe, also took to the streets to lament poor
treatment.
Mohammed said only 12 people could be accounted for out of
the 30 patients, while 18 people are seeking treatment outside the isolation
centres.
He said the 18 patients are undergoing self-isolation as
traditional rulers and political leaders in their area are ensuring they are
well treated and discharged.
“We have a total of 30 people yet to be evacuated in the
state, out of the 30, five are Adamawa indigenes; we collected their samples
and we gave them our epid numbers and they have since gone back to Adamawa
State. But because of the epid numbers, they remain our cases on paper but in
reality they are in Adamawa State,” he said.
“Two others were traced to Kano State and we notified the
state epidemiologist and they have been placed in isolation; one other to Ogun,
the state epidemiologist was called and another one was traced to Nasarawa
State, we called the state epidemiologist and the last one to Borno state and
he has been evacuated by the state.
“Out of 20 people remaining, they are the ones we are having
some challenges evacuating but we are making efforts. As of Sunday, we
evacuated two. The good thing is that as most of them are trying not to come,
so they are in self isolation, they don’t come out in the open but the
traditional rulers and political leaders where they reside are working with the
task force to ensure they are evacuated, treated and discharged lawfully.”
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